Mini crossword
In case you missed Friday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
It’s Saturday and you can wake up with a quick Mini Crossword to start your day today. But first…
The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s longest running crossword puzzle. Most days, there are three to five clues in each direction on a five-by-five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.
Unlike its older sibling, the NYT Mini the crossword puzzle is free to play at New York Times website or the NYT Games app. However, you will need a NYT Games subscription to access past puzzles in the archives.
The NYT Mini it’s a fun daily distraction that usually takes no time at all. I try to beat the standard weekday grid in less than a minute. But sometimes I can’t figure out a clue or two and have to reveal the answer.
To help you avoid doing that, here are the NYT Mini Crossword answers (spoilers ahead, of course):
NYT Mini Crossword Clue and Answers
OPPOSITE
1) Things chewed by a cow – CUD
4) Bakery offers – CAKES
6) Corporate makeover – REBRAND
8) 100% – EVERYTHING
9) “___ De Jing” (philosophical text) – DAO
10) Like restrictions you can mention to a waiter – DIETIST
12) Difficult Mini Golf Hole Shape – ANT LEAVES
13) Ah, that takes me back! – REVERSE
BELOW
1) What Disney Channel and Golf Channel show – CABLETV
2) Land of Kiev: Abbr. – UKR
3) Awkward silence on show – DEADAIR
4) Dion who performed on top of the Eiffel Tower at the 2024 Olympics – CELINE
5) Responds with an aggressive and threatening tone – SNARLS
6) Weather detection technology – RADAR
7) Author Arthur Conan ___ – DOYLE
11) The “t” of btw – THE
Mini
Interesting “shape” puzzle today with four full six letter words and the dot in the middle to make three smaller ones. I had a problem with DAO De Jing and I thought REFVERSE was REVERIE which also fit, but SNARLI isn’t a word unless it’s a new alternate identity for Charli XCX.
Other than that, kind of simple, but I admit some sections tripped me up here.
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